Eddontenajon is an unincorporated settlement in the Stikine Country

Stikine Country

The Stikine Country, also referred to as the Stikine District or simply "the Stikine" , is one of the historical geographic regions of the Canadian province of British Columbia, located inland from the central Alaska Panhandle and comprising the basin of the Stikine River and its tributaries...

 of the northwestern British Columbia Interior

British Columbia Interior

The British Columbia Interior or BC Interior or Interior of British Columbia, usually referred to only as the Interior, is one of the three main regions of the Canadian province of British Columbia, the other two being the Lower Mainland, which comprises the overlapping areas of Greater Vancouver...

 in Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. It is located along the Stewart-Cassiar Highway

British Columbia provincial highway 37

Highway 37, known as the Stewart-Cassiar Highway, Terrace-Kitimat Highway from Kitimat to Terrace, and also as the Dease Lake Highway and Stikine Highway, is the northwesternmost highway in the province, and it is very scenic, passing through some of the most isolated areas of B.C...

 on the northeast side of Eddontenajon Lake and comprises a small commercial centre as well as the community It should not be confused with the original Eddontenajon Post Office, now renamed Iskut

Iskut, British Columbia

Iskut is a small, mostly aboriginal community in the Stikine Country of northwestern British Columbia. It is located on Highway 37, at the north end of Eddontenajon Lake just south of Dease Lake and the crossing of the Stikine River...

 which is a few miles farther north at the north end of the lake.

The name means "child walking in the water" in the Tahltan language

Tahltan language

Tahltan is a poorly documented Northern Athabaskan language historically spoken by the Tahltan people who live in northern British Columbia around Telegraph Creek, Dease Lake, and Iskut. Some linguists consider Tahltan to be a language with 3 divergent but mutually intelligible dialects...

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